Shine RESPOND Level 3 - Working with Children Experiencing Family Violence
About event organiser
Shine provides education and training programmes to communities through Shine RESPOND, to workplaces through DVFREE, and through their partnerships with the health sector.
Event information
About the event
For more information and to register, please visit the event page.
This is a practical and interactive day which will help develop skills in safe, effective responses. The day will be facilitated by Shine RESPOND trainers alongside specialist guest speakers. The training builds understanding of how children experience family violence, coercive control and entrapment drawing on emerging research and practice in this field, alongside a child rights perspective under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
For all queries about Shine's training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.
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This Quick Reads covers:
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This Quick Reads covers:
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This Quick Reads covers:
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Vine Quick Reads: 20 November 2025
This Quick Reads covers:
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